Inkpen Poetry Day: "The Conquistador's Lament""

To make you laugh...

"The Conquistador's Lament"

 By Rachel Heffington

"Oh, to have a seniorita

Waiting for me in my casa

As the sun of dear Hispania

Speeds me home-a, fast an' fasta'

And to have the seniorita

say 'twas me her heart was for-a...

I would give all of my galleons

For a girl who I adore-a.

But I'm lone and lorn and wasted

In this colony in Flor'da

With not a single lady

Who would dare to cross the borda'.

I have doubloons by the thousands

And jewels by the score-a,

But I'd throw it in the ocean

For one girl who I'd adore-a.

I would tear my silken waistcoat

And rend my lace cravat-a

And burst my diamond buttons

If I thought 'twould help the matta'

But it's useless-truly useless

For the dreary thing is sure-a:

America has pinned me

And there's no one to adore-a!"